Attachment for hay-ladders.



E. 0. BONNER. {.TTACHMENT FOR HAY uwnsns.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1916. 1

Patented Dec. 11,1917.

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Application filed June 550, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

lde it known that 1, Beware U. llolvnnu, a citizen of the United States,residing at theenfield, in the county ot Highland and tiltate of Uhio,have invented certain new and useful improvements in Attachments forl-lay-Ladders; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will onableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to means for attaching hay racks or ladders andwagon beds to the running gear of a vehicle.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive andetlicient deviceot' the character referred to designed to be mounted onthe bolster of a wagon orother vehicle and secured thereto by engagementwith the bolster and standards, and adapted to connect the same with hayracks or ladders of different widths and in such manner that the twoparts are firmly secured to gether and braced and held against bothlongitudinal and lateral or sidewise move ment, either with or withoutthe usual king bolt; said device being so constrl'lcted as to preventinjury to or wear upon the standards by contact with sharp edges.

llhe invention will first be hereinafter more particularly described,with reference to the accompanying drawings, which term a part of thisspecification, and then pointed out in the claims at the end of thedescrip tion.

lln said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view oi the front axle andbolster or the running gear of a vehicle and the front portion of a hayrack or ladder mounted thereon with my improvement attached;

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view, taken on the line 2-2 oi Fig. 1;

lhig. 3 is a detail plan view of an end-portion of the attachment shownin Fig. l.

ltetcrring to said drawings, in which the same reference letters areused to denote corresponding parts in different views, the letter it maydenote the front axle of the running gear of a vehicle and B the bolstersecured thereon by means oi the usual king bolt U. The letter it) maydenote the front portion of a hay raclr or ladder resting upon saidbolster, and E my improved attachment whereby the hay rack or ladder maybe easily secured to the running gear and is adapted to be removedtherefrom without respecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Moo. i1, 191%.

Serial No. reacts.

moving any fastening bolts other than the usual king bolt when thelatter is used. The said attachment preferably consists of a channeledsteel or pressed steel. plate, said plate having pendant longitudinalmarginal llzmges i amt attached portions of angular or lm-sha ped form,to provide anglcplates having part extending upwardly and per torated toreceive fastening bolts by which it may be secured to the sills 5, oithe hay rack or ladder ll, or corresponding part of a fiat wagon bed anda base portion secured to the flanged plate, the latter being adapted tofit over therljrout bolster, as shown; said bolster fitting within therecess or channel formed )3 the pendant flanges of said plate. 'llmchanneled plate is of suilicicnt length to extend the entire width ofthe bolster between the two standards thereon, rendering it unnecessaryto utilize the king bolt to prevent sidewise movement, and has its endscut or slitted and the out part turned up to form a recess to receivethe standard at each end of the bolster, and an upturned flap c abuttingthe standard, to prevent injury thereto by contact with a sharp edge.The angle plate 0 has base portion 0 adjust ably secured to thechanneled plate by means of fastening bolts and a series of perforztionsa to receive said bolts for uniting the two parts. As shown in Fig. 3,the angle plate is provided with an arc-shaped slot to receive one ofthe bolts by which it is secured to the channeled plate id, in orderthat the angle plate may be adjusted to bring the upright portions c atopposite ends at the channeled plate into aliuement with the sills otthe hay rack which, as usually constructed, are inclined inwardly attheir trout ends. it series of spaced perforations are provided at eachend of the channeled plate to receive the fastening bolts by which theangle plates are secured thereto, in order that said angle plates may beadjusted and secured at ditlerent distances apart to adapt the devicefor use with hay raclrs or ladders and wagon beds of different widths.

its the channeled plate extends the lull length oil the bolster with itsupturned tlaps abutting the standards thereon, which are confined in therecesses in the ends of the channeled plate, the hay raclr will be heldagainst sidewise movement by the engage ment of the ends oi thechanneled plate with the standards, in which case the use ot the kingbolt to prevent sidewise movement is unnecessary, but it may bedesirable in some cases to provide the channeled plate with a centrallydisposed aperture, as shown, to receive the usual king bolt.

While the attachment is preferably con structed of channeled or pressedsteel, any other suitable metal may be employed, and the series of holesor apertures therein for securing the angle plates thereto may be eithersquare or round, according to the shape of the bolts used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1'. As a means for securing a hay ladder or wagon bed to the runninggear of a vehicle, an oblong metal plate having pendant longitudinalmarginal flanges and its ends slitted and a portion thereof upturned toprovide a recess at each end to receive the standards at opposite endsof the bolster and an upturned flap abutting each standard, said platebeing also provided with a series of apertures at or near each end, andangle plates secured to said apertured ends having upright aperturedportions for attachment to the sills of the ladder or wagon bed.

2. As a means for securing a hay ladder or wagon bed to the running gearof a vehicle, an oblong metal plate having on the underside thereoflongitudinal marginal flanges and its ends slitted and a portion thereofupturned to provide recesses to receive the standards at opposite endsof the bolster and upturned portions abutting the standards; said platehaving a series of apertures at or near each end, and angle-plateshaving up- 1,2ee,seo

right portions secured to said apertured ends and adapted for attachmentto the sills of the ladder or wagon bed; said angle-plates beingpivotally secured to said oblong plate at one side thereof and havingarcshaped slots therein at the other side to receive the fastening boltswhereby said angle-plates may be adjusted and secured to said oblongplate with the upright portions arranged at different angles thereto.

3. Means for attaching a hay ladder or wagon bed to the running gear ofa vehicle, comprising an oblong metal plate having dependinglongitudinal marginal flanges and upright end-portions formed byslitting the metal plate and upturning the slitted portions to provideat each end an upright portion and an. adjacent recess adapted toreceive an adjacent standard and provide an abutment therefor by meansof said upturned part, thereby prcventil'ig injury to the standard bycontact with a sharp edge; said metal plate having a series of spacedapertures therein at each end and angularly adjustable angle-platesbolted thereto; said a ngle-plates having base portions secured to andlaterally adjust-able upon said oblong plate and having upright portionsadapted to be attached to the sills of the ladder or wagon bed at anangle to the wagon bolster.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

EDWARD O. BONNER.

Witnesses M. A. MILLIGAN, JENNIE M. Bomvnn.

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